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Learn Java Fundamentals: A Primer for Java Development and Programming
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Learn Java Fundamentals: A Primer for Java Development and Programming

by Jeff Friesen
June 2024
Intermediate to advanced
394 pages
6h 48m
English
Apress
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J. FriesenLearn Java Fundamentalshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0351-2_3

3. Expressions

Jeff Friesen1  
(1)
Dauphin, MB, Canada
 

Computer programs manipulate data via expressions. This chapter introduces you to expressions in terms of simple and compound expressions.

Introducing Expressions

An expression is a combination of literals, variable names, method calls (discussed in Chapter 6), and operators. At runtime, the expression evaluates to a type referred to as the expression’s type.

If an expression is being assigned to a variable, their types must agree (it must be possible to convert from one type to the other without losing information) or else the compiler ...

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